ܓܕܡܐ
See also: ܓܪܡܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the root ܓ ܕ ܡ related to cutting off; compare Hebrew גִּזּוּם (gizzûm), Hebrew גדם (gedem). The sense of "apocope" is a calque of Arabic جَزْم (jazm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑmɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ɡ(ə)ðɑme] (plural)
Noun
ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)
- hewing off, disjunction, disjointedness
- (grammar) shortening, abbreviation, contraction; absolute or construct state
- (linguistics, prosody) apocope, apheresis
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܕܡ | 1st person | ܓܕܡܝ | ܓܕܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܕܡ | 2nd person | ܓܕܡܟ | ܓܕܡܟܝ | ܓܕܡܟܘܢ | ܓܕܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܕܡܐ | 3rd person | ܓܕܡܗ | ܓܕܡܗ | ܓܕܡܗܘܢ | ܓܕܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܕܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܕܡܝ | ܓܕܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܕܡܝ | 2nd person | ܓܕܡܝܟ | ܓܕܡܝܟܝ | ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ | ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܕܡܐ | 3rd person | ܓܕܡܘܗܝ | ܓܕܡܝܗ | ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ | ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From the root ܓ ܕ ܡ related to cutting off. Compare Hebrew גֶּזֶם (gézem).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɛðmɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [ɡɛðme] (plural)
Noun
ܓܕܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܕܡܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܓܕܡ | 1st person | ܓܕܡܝ | ܓܕܡܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܕܡ | 2nd person | ܓܕܡܟ | ܓܕܡܟܝ | ܓܕܡܟܘܢ | ܓܕܡܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܕܡܐ | 3rd person | ܓܕܡܗ | ܓܕܡܗ | ܓܕܡܗܘܢ | ܓܕܡܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܓܕܡܝܢ | 1st person | ܓܕܡܝ | ܓܕܡܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܓܕܡܝ | 2nd person | ܓܕܡܝܟ | ܓܕܡܝܟܝ | ܓܕܡܝܟܘܢ | ܓܕܡܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܓܕܡܐ | 3rd person | ܓܕܡܘܗܝ | ܓܕܡܝܗ | ܓܕܡܝܗܘܢ | ܓܕܡܝܗܝܢ | ||
References
- “gdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 43a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 61a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 206b